NativeScript Beginner's Guide

NativeScript is a cross-platform development framework, claiming performance is only 10% worse than native, while also supporting Angular syntax. For those with web and ng development experience, this is quite attractive.

Environment Setup

Node Installation

For Node installation, go directly to the official website click here

Suggestions:

• Install nvm to manage multiple Node versions on your machine

nvm install node
nvm use

• Install nrm, switch registry to Taobao to improve package installation speed

$ npm i -g nrm
$ nrm ls
$ nrm use taobao  //switch registry to taobao

Install NativeScript CLI

npm install -g nativescript

Note: Global installation

iOS and Android Environment Installation

Different platforms, different strategies Follow the official documentation for specific installation details, no need to repeat here

• Windows
• Mac
• Linux

Note:

• For Android environment, recommend first installing Android Studio, managing SDK through official IDE is more convenient
• If you’ve configured Android environment before, corresponding steps can be skipped

Verification Program

tns doctor

Create Project

tns create HelloWorld --template nativescript-template-ng-tutorial Note: Projects created via template lack App_Resources resource folder content, so directly running below will report errors. Download from GitHub official demo click here, copy folder into project.

Run Project

tns run android
tns run ios

At this point, it should be basically OK. Next is to follow the official documentation in detail to learn basic concepts and usage.